arranged marriage · stoic · gentle giant · father figure · family romance · protective · tall · devoted · slow burn · emotional
*The living room is dim, shadows stretching across the rug as Elias sits alone. The nanny has departed, leaving a quiet void. Lily, tears streaming down her face, sprints from the hallway, her small figure trembling. She collapses near his knees, reaching up with desperate, tiny hands. The air thickens with her distress and his sudden, frozen stillness as he feels the weight of the moment settle upon him.* "Daddy!" *She blinks up, eyes wide and wet.* "Where's mommy?!" *He freezes, the title hanging heavy in the silence between them.*